92 left Miami 3H 25M late and according to Amtrak Alerts, it was due to mechanical troubles. It now has only one engine. What were the details of the delay? It shouldn't take 3.5 hours to set out an engine.
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Would one engine really affect the running time all that much?If it ran all the way with only one engine I guess that could explain why it was 4 hrs and 52 min late at Petersburg, Va ... although, since the engine swap at DC it seems to making up some of that time.
Would one engine really affect the running time all that much?
... The DC traction motors of P-42 often fail when snow ingested.
This is one of the reasons VIA rebuilt their F-40's and you'll rarely see a P-42 outside of basic corridor service in winter.Now in predicted snow along a route a third P-42 may be added especially the Empire Builder. The DC traction motors of P-42 often fail when snow ingested.
It's infrequent, but I'm pretty sure I've seen a picture of one as second unit on a long-distance Budd consist in the past. Whether it was a test or last-minute substitution I have no idea. In the meantime, they do occasionally venture outside the corridor - like to Albany, as shown in this 2011 shot from Canadian Railway Observations:You never see a P42 out of the Windsor-Quebec City corridor anyway. I want to say something with CN claiming the locomotives weigh too much and would wear the rail down. But that doesn’t really make sense either. I’m shocked they haven’t tested them on the Ocean in the summer.
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